From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 20 05:05:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B403106566B for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f182.google.com (mail-px0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E2E8FC13 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi12 with SMTP id 12so2057806pxi.3 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=0zv8a40dR9dqB17mwNo89HdoKAkrQ17KWsPp6SsxTT0=; b=krfGO1NhtouQpkgGZ2PvGAjWPj/mF4Q8CP6uxBmDPHvFhUoSx5JOok3cmcBUzgIf5p 0O2BDnIAZ5ngUyPFFEgEoOwKe9Z+0DF6FoI9oUQZWsVtPFtRXWSajWEdUBCk0Lo8oIr2 WUcHJZ1G4KHHvecMp599eQRSBIgi3Fy8Jqo3A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=xP+Gm1UWmqInr+H5hziXBMLCRag529KSpNcskJQSAFv/DTwxBNSCVzJeYJOJyzRffI 23uBss31DVdRBWG6MOgUCp87t6m9fNRoc7dTMAHVR8ErgVX+JKbww6Nksd/C3R+Veoxn zXhHALdb82Nq4P3Z+7Tsl58BMsi1b5Zf05Lfs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.115.102.9 with SMTP id e9mr1281597wam.199.1258693523428; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6201873e0911191355l6c872cfat235e16b4184b02fd@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091119211829.GA86841@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <6201873e0911191355l6c872cfat235e16b4184b02fd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:23 -0700 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org, "Michael W. Lucas" Subject: Re: diskless problem: Lookup of /dev for devfs, error: 13 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:05:24 -0000 On 11/19/09, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Michael W. Lucas < > mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm attempting to run a diskless 8.0 i386 workstation on VMWare, using >> an OpenSolaris box as a file store. I get PXE, the kernel loads, but >> when we try to remount the filesystem I get: >> >> ... >> NFS ROOT: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:/storage1/vm/netflow >> Lookup of /dev for devfs, error 13 >> exec /sbin/init: error 13 >> exec /sbin/oinit: error 13 >> exec /sbin/init.bak: error 13 >> exec /rescue/inet: error 13 >> exec /stand/sysinstall: error 13 >> init: not found in path >> ... Firewall embedded into the kernel? disable and or remove and try again. >> >> At first glance, it would appear that /dev is missing. I've never >> seen this happen before diskless systems, though, and I can't find any >> other references to this. I know that other people have PXE-booted >> FreeBSD on VMWare, however. >> >> Anyone have any suggestions on what to check? >> >> Thanks, >> >> > I think you were following the same aged howto I was. Whatever config file > /stand/sysinstall and friends is located in needs to be edited and have > those references removed. That's about as far as I got when playing around > a few ago. I think the rc/init tries to run all of those as hard-coded values. I recall trying to build a floppy diskette with a minimal kernel and minimal single-user world, and i repeatedely got the above while trying to build the floppy. This would have either been the 4.x or 6.x days.